Luisa D. Rozo, Casper Dillen, Skjold Rambow and Zahra Van Nguyen
3 March 2026.
Co-curated by Bolding and Of Performance are four works which subvert established modes of behaviour through intimacy, endurance and physical presence.
Luisa D Rozo’s La Barca is a performance ballad of heartbreak from both romance and epistemic terror. Foregrounded by a myriad of projected moving images which relate to fatherhood, trans-feminine promise and the vibrancy of death, Luisa dances alone– solitary though not lonely. She harks back to her home town of La Paz, Bolivia in its ‘magical multifaceted mess’ as she sounds her childhood matraca (rattle), its percussive roar echoing through the space as her plait dangles the uninvited spirits which hover over her shoulder. Acknowledging the artificial and fragile foundations of the “developed” world, Luisa performs desire as a precursor of hope- a baseline survival skill of transfeminine experience. For Luisa, this is a call for remembrance, to be children, to return home.
Casper Dillen’s performance Traveling Memories with Neo Gao is a 15 second intervention lasting no longer than the average glance at a painting. The work is a snapshot of intimacy; one man’s head trapped inside the underwear of another. Outside of the performance we encounter them as unassuming individuals. Through this work they form a fleeting hybrid body.
Locked in Theory is a new performance by Skjold Rambow, performed with Fie Luhngren. Dousing the body with buckets of water the two performers simulate survival instincts, moving through a series of scenes which engage with the forces that bind the universe together. Each scene functions as both a lived moment and a small death. The work explores life’s multitudes from the existential to the intimate, tracking an anxious journey through addiction, funerals, weddings and surrender. Survival becomes a cosmic condition on top of a biological reflex– one that binds us to one another as much as it drives us to self-preservation.
An abbreviation of ongoing research and development, Pelvic Tongues Vol.2 is Zahra Van Nguyen’s latest durational performance investigating the pelvis as both anatomical structure and cultural symbol. Drawing direct reference to Eric Prydz’s 2004 music video Call on Me and James Bridges’ 1985 film Perfect, Nguyen interrogates the over-sexualisation of the pelvis in commercialised physical culture and pop iconography. Dissolving the boundaries between ritual, rehearsal, eroticism and endurance, the performance frames flesh as spectacle, bone as relic, and movement as a sacred act. The piece will be performed with Sky Ebbs to music by Barkley Bandon.
With thanks to Antenne Books.
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Luisa D Rozo is a London-based multidisciplinary artist, biodynamic craniosacral therapist and cultural producer from Bolivia. Originally formed in dance and choreography, Luisa has a longstanding career with the scenic arts, having specialised in participatory processes, light design and movement research. She has created, produced and consulted on projects in England, Poland, Bolivia, Norway, Italy, Lithuania, Spain and Germany, as well as sharing her own sonic work within the realm of experimental Latin American folk, field-recording and R&B. As of 2025, Luisa is a member of The Horse Hospital Collective which runs the historic venue of DIY culture in the heart of London.
Casper Dillen twists performance, sculpture, and philosophy into public toilets, and karaoke booths. He is a graduate of CSM (Dean’s Award), Birkbeck (Philosophy), and the RCA. He has recently performed at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Camden Art Centre, The Place, CPR (New York), WIELS (Brussels), Wasteland (Zhongshan), Guling Street Avant-Garde Theatre (Taipei), and Cannes Film Festival. Dillen is a co-founder of Small Sample Size Theatre. He was shortlisted for New Contemporaries 2024.
Skjold Rambow is an artist and performer currently living and working in Copenhagen, Denmark studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He has a background as a gymnast, breakdancer and choir singer with the Copenhagen Boys Choir. Recent exhibitions include City Symphony, Les Urbaines, Switzerland (2025), How to Play Piano, Pageant, New York (2025)and Kunstnernes København, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen (2024).
Zahra van Nguyen is a London-based choreographer and movement artist specialising in somatic and improvisational techniques. Her performances merge storytelling through anatomy and pop culture references, reimagining the communicative boundaries of movement through experimental, durational work that explores the body as a site of memory, resistance, and transformation. Featured in Dazed 100, her work challenges traditional dance boundaries, prioritising embodied feeling over clean technique while maintaining an intimate, politically charged, and spiritually raw voice. Nguyen graduated from Rambert in 2023, she follows a strong foundation in classical ballet, training with ENB, Central School of Ballet and Conditions Studio programme. She has recently performed at the ICA, London Performance Studios, Ormside Projects and Turner Contemporary. Zahra also works as a movement director collaborating across music, fashion, and editorial with artists like Zukovstheworld, Bass Victim, Tohji and Varg2™M, contributing to visual campaigns for Shayne Oliver Group, Nike, Issey Miyake and more.